On Saturday 08 October 2005 12:39, you wrote: As said before in the 'new boy's' thread the book by Nigel North is the best starting book. It gives excellent information with some worked out examples in tablature. In my opinion the theoretical chapter on music theory is a bit short, when starting to figure your own unfigured bass part; it's more an outline for people who already know everything about harmonics, 6, 6/4 inversions etc. etc. but this can also be found in other books.
The french lute society has also some booklet on continuo, but of course in french and not known to me. A very good book is "Traité d'accompagnement pour le théorbe et le clavessin (Paris, 1690) by Denis Delair, available in facsimile by Minkoff. The English translation is unfortunately not anymore available, but can be found in some university libraries. Complicated but still interesting is Arnold, The art of accompaniment from a thorough bass as practised in the 17th and 18th centuries (Dover publications, 2 paperbacks). Fleury - Methode pour apprendre facilement a toucher le theorbe sur la basse-continue, 1660. Minkoff facsimile. Lots of mistakes, generally not recommended, only historically interesting. Agazzari - del sonare sopra 'l basso con tutti li stromenti e dell' uso loro nel conserto, Sienna 1607. Very interesting essay. Translation can be found in Arnold but also on internet. It's more for historical background because of it's early date, not for learning continuo. The 'English songs 1625-1660', Musica Brittanica is a good starter, because the bass part is worked out in staff, easy songs which fit very good on theorbo. Taco > Hi folks, > > Are there any tutors for learning continuo on the theorbo? > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
